National 2016 pickups

Yoda · #1 08-10-2016, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Agreed. It's a great card. No knock on the card at all. It's the dealers pricing strategies at card shows, and especially at the National, that has me shaking my head.

I know. I know. For the first time I can recall I purchased nothing, zero, zip, nada, etc. at a National. Been trying to figure out all week why dealers are asking even more insane prices than normal. Sure, it is the National and all that but I have usually found that deals are always available if you are polite and flash a wad of Benjamins (just kidding, sort of). Less so this time, and I wonder if the rush of mega money auctions for the you-know-who '50's Topps cards has created the perceived need for certain dealers to ratchet up their prices. For example, I saw numerous cases of low grade (1-2.5) T206 Hof'ers like Frick, Beckley and the like with stickers of $600-800. That's a little naughty.

Snapolit1 · #2 08-10-2016, 03:08 PM

I am sure those are the sellers who went home bitching about how no one was buying anything in Atlantic City.

mechanicalman · #3 08-10-2016, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Yoda

I know. I know. For the first time I can recall I purchased nothing, zero, zip, nada, etc. at a National. Been trying to figure out all week why dealers are asking even more insane prices than normal. Sure, it is the National and all that but I have usually found that deals are always available if you are polite and flash a wad of Benjamins (just kidding, sort of). Less so this time, and I wonder if the rush of mega money auctions for the you-know-who '50's Topps cards has created the perceived need for certain dealers to ratchet up their prices. For example, I saw numerous cases of low grade (1-2.5) T206 Hof'ers like Frick, Beckley and the like with stickers of $600-800. That's a little naughty.

Elmer Flick in a PR-GD+ for $600-800?

Whoa, not sure if this example is hyperbole, but even so, I think it makes me feel better that I didn't invest the $1000 or so just to go there to get frustrated!

Aquarian Sports Cards · #4 08-10-2016, 03:48 PM

I definitely saw t206's for literally 3x what I am asking for them and I do this for a living as well. Makes me wonder if I had brought mine should the dealers in question been anxious to pick them up at my full asking price???

Huck · #5 08-10-2016, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoda

I know. I know. For the first time I can recall I purchased nothing, zero, zip, nada, etc. at a National. Been trying to figure out all week why dealers are asking even more insane prices than normal. Sure, it is the National and all that but I have usually found that deals are always available if you are polite and flash a wad of Benjamins (just kidding, sort of). Less so this time, and I wonder if the rush of mega money auctions for the you-know-who '50's Topps cards has created the perceived need for certain dealers to ratchet up their prices. For example, I saw numerous cases of low grade (1-2.5) T206 Hof'ers like Frick, Beckley and the like with stickers of $600-800. That's a little naughty.

When the blues are running, one can simply toss a shiny object off the pier in Nags Head, NC and catch dinner. if the dealers sense a bull market, prices will rise.

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